What comes first, strength or speed? This is the old chicken or the egg debate in sports performance lingo. As you’ve heard over and over during this mentorship. The answer for us is both! Both speed and strength can be trained concurrently…that’s the premise of athletic development, am I right? The unique element of the …
Mentorship Week 7: Content Recap
This week in the mentorship brought us the following pieces of content… PDF Downloads: Webinars: Click here to watch the Matt Jordan Webinar! Coaching call QnAs! Multidirectional Speed with Casey
Mentorship Week 7: Plyometrics
Ah, plyometrics, the last of the MDS subgenre’s. I’ll cut right to the chase, the entire Parisi Training System is one big plyometric. Sprinting= the ultimate plyometric Deceleration= force absorption out of a plyometric Bounds, pogos, skips…all plyometrics. So to set the table for this article, when we say plyometrics, what we mean are… Teaching …
Mentorship Week 7: BONUS WEBINAR: ACL Injury/Reinjury Prevention Assessing Concentric/Eccentric Force Asymmetries – By Matt Jordan, PHD
Another treat from a friend of Parisi, Matt Jordan. Alongside the conversation of MDS, Agility, and Plyometrics, often asked is the notion of deceleration and understanding eccentric control. Well, rather than type 5000 words on deceleration training, I am passing the torch off to Dr.Jordan to better explain it in this video from the NFL …
Mentorship Week 7- Agility and Maneuverability
No fancy intro today, we’re going to pick right up where we left off yesterday. Agility and maneuverability is one of the new sub-genre’s of multidirectional speed that Parisi added in 2019. Though there isn’t a true ‘progression’ from COD, I would tell you that there is. Agility and maneuverability bring in a more reactive …
Mentorship Week 7- COD vs Agility {WEBINAR SNIPPET}- by Ken Clark
We love Ken Clark. We really do. The video above is a cut from Ken’s presentation to the NFL strength and conditioning coaches back in 2021…it’s really good…enjoy!
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Parisi Mentorship Week 7: MDS Within The Parisi Training System
Ok, Mentorship Gang. Lets take a walk down memory lane really quick. Week 1 brought us assessment and metrics. Week 2 brought us the warm up. Weeks 3-6 were ALL linear speed concepts. Week 7 is multidirectional speed. Okay, great trip. When we talk about multidirectional speed within the Parisi Training System we break it …
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Mentorship Week 7: Change of Direction & Supporting Anchor Drills
Back in 2011, a young Coach Casey taught his very first Parisi Sports Performance session in change of direction. It was a blast. It is one of the things in this industry and during my time as a Coach that I will always remember. We did a bunch of awesome things… Lateral movements focusing on …
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Mentorship Week 7: Multidirectional Speed {WEBINAR}
Happy day 1 of week 7! Also known as the Monday of Week 7. Also, also known as the first day of multidirectional speed (MDS). I wanted to start the week off with a great overview webinar covering MDS from 30,000 feet. I think this webinar covers a lot of key principles in the Parisi …
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Research Review: A deeper look at unilateral training
I’m excited about this article. I really am. This research review features a meta-review of 17 studies that researched single-limb resistance training and the effect of training one limb would have on the contralateral and ipsilateral limb. For those wanting that in a more simple sentence. If I do a single arm bench …
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Mentorship Week 6: Content Review
This week in the mentorship brought us the following pieces of content… Guest QnA: Steve Leo! In case you want to check out Steve’s speed endurance call from last semester, click here Speed Endurance 2.0 Slide Deck: PDF Downloads: Webinars:
Mentorship Week 6: Dosage Strategies With Linear Speed {WEBINAR} By Derek Hansen
Mentorship! As we enter the back half of week 6, I dug out a gem. Derek Hansen is a boss of a speed coach and has worked with some of the fastest humans in the United States and Canada. The following webinar is one that he gave at the NFL Strength Coaches Summit a few …
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